Sascha Wil­son

Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing an in­ci­dent in which a tod­dler was al­leged­ly in­jured while at a day­care in Cen­tral Trinidad.

The child's moth­er re­port­ed­ly told po­lice that she picked up the tod­dler at the day­care in Cou­va late Mon­day and dis­cov­ered that the ba­by had swollen marks on the but­tocks, arms and legs, which ap­peared as though the child was beat­en.

As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Wayne Mys­tar, in a state­ment yes­ter­day, as­sured that of­fi­cers from the Child Pro­tec­tion Unit, along with Child Wel­fare Au­thor­i­ties, were look­ing in­to the mat­ter.

Due to the sen­si­tive na­ture of the mat­ter and the age of the child, he said, spe­cif­ic de­tails could not be dis­closed to pro­tect the pri­va­cy and well-be­ing of those af­fect­ed.

"The TTPS as­sures the pub­lic that the wel­fare of the child is our high­est pri­or­i­ty. We are work­ing close­ly with med­ical per­son­nel, child­care pro­fes­sion­als, and the child’s fam­i­ly to en­sure the child re­ceives the nec­es­sary care and sup­port," he said.

The ACP promised fur­ther up­dates as the in­ves­ti­ga­tion pro­gress­es.